Button-loop for garment-supporters.



C. P. KUEHN.

BUTTON LOOP FOR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

APPLICATION man OCT. 9. 19I6.

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Patented 001;. 1, 1918.

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CHARLES P. KUEHN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. STEIN & COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION.

BUTTON-LOOP FOR GARMENT-SUPPORTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 1, 1918.

Application filed October 9, 1916. Serial No. 124,462.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES P. KUEHN, of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Button-Loops for Garment-Supporters, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

. exact description, reference being had to the after described, illustratedin the drawing a and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a garment supporter loop embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fractional view in elevation showing the lower portion of the loop with a part of the elastic pad broken away. Fig. 3 is a view in cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. L is a view in vertical section on line 4.4- of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rigid body that supports the elastic pad. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modified form of the invention. Fig. 8 is a view in horizontal section on line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the body portion of my improved garment supporter, this body portion being preferably made of a single piece of wirebent to the form shown, that is to say, so bent as to form an expanded opening near its upper part to receive a button that will cooperate with the loop, the shank of the button being adapted to pass downwardly into the narrow space between the lower portions of the side members of the loop. The upper portions of the side members are joined by a part a adapted to be connected to a strap or elastic by which the loop will be carried.

Preferably, the lower end portions of the side members of the loop A are bent inwardly or toward each other, as at 0/,and around these inwardly offset lower end portions of the side members of the loop eX- tends a body B that is preferably formed of sheet metal, this body B having vertically disposed sleeves or openings at its ends adapted to receive the lower ends of the side members of the loop. The body B is formed, by preference, from a blank of sheet metal having side arms I) and b and upper and lower arms 6. In forming the body B to receive the end portions of the side members of the loop, the side arms Wand b will be bent inwardly, as shown in Fig. 6, after which the upper and lower arms Z2 will be bent over the side arms I) and 6 as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6 of the drawing. The central portion of the body member, after the arms have thus been folded, will then be flattened, as clearly illustrated in Fig.

3 of the drawing, forming the vertical l sleeves b at the ends of the body B. Upon the body B will then be placed an elastic pad C that is preferably formed of rubber tubing, and after the pad C has thus been placed on the body B, the lower offset ends of the side members of the loop will be passed through the sleeves b at the ends of the body B, the pad C extending between the side members of the loop immediately above the offset lower end portions thereof. The lower end portions of the side members of the loop will then be permanently and securely fastened to the body B, and this is preferably accomplished by providing the offset lower portions of the side members of the loop with shouldered lower ends a which will be sufficiently larger in diameter than the vertical openings at the ends of the body B to prevent any possibility of withdrawal of the body B from the side members of the loop. Then the body B with the pad C thereon has been placed upon the side members of the loop, this body B will serve not only to hold the side members of the loop at a fixed distance apart, but will also serve to hold the elastic pad in proper position within the lower portion of the loop. The upper and lower arms 6 and 6 W111 serve to give a round, smooth bearing for the pad 0. The lower arm 6 might be omitted, as the pressure on the pad C from the button shank is on the upper portion of the pad and the smooth surface of the bent arm 7) will avoid any cutting of the elastic pad by reason of the pressure thereon from the button shank. When the body B has been placed in position upon the side mem bers of the loop, the shoulder a above the ofi'set portion a, of the side members of the loop will effectively serve to prevent any movement of the body B in vertical direction.

One advantage of the present invention is that it enables the body portion of the loop to lee-made from asingle piece of metal, preferably wire, with a continuous part a uniting the upper portions of the side members. This is advantageous because it avoids the necessity of employing a metal sleeve to-connect theupper portions of the side members,

and a single bar of this character is more easily sewed to the supporting tape or elastic than where a tubular sleeve is employed to unite the upper end portions of a button loop.

It is obvious that the precise details or construction above set out may be varied without departing from the scope of the in-' vention. Thus, for example, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the body portion may bemade from a single tube B adapted to receive the lower end portions of the side members of theloop, and after these sidemembers are in position With-in the vertical sleeves at the" ends of the body portion B, the shoulders or oifsetsa may be formed on the lower ends of the side members of the loop, thus securely retaining the tubular body B in posi- 2. A button loop for garment supporters,

comprising a body portion having an expanded opening near its upper part and having: depending side members with sh'ouldered lower ends, arigid body extending around said lower ends-,- said rigid: body consisting of a sheet metal band having vertical holes through which said side members pass, and an elastic pad encircling said rigid body between and above the lower ends of said side members.

'3. A button loop for garment supporters, comprising a body portion having an expanded opening at its upper end and having depending side members with shouldered lower ends, a rigid body extending around said lower ends, said rigid body oonsistingr'of a sheet metal band having vertical holes through which said side members pass and having a tongue extending over the top of said rigid body,with an elastic pad encircling said body between and above the lower endsof said side members. 7

CHARLES P. KUEHN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Ifla'tents,

Washington, D. C. 

